MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Two teenagers were taken into custody Wednesday night following a deputy chase in southwest Miami-Dade, authorities said.
According to Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Detective Argemis “AC” Colome, deputies responded to the area of Southwest 184th Street and 122nd Avenue at about 7:05 p.m. in reference to a traffic stop involving a wanted subject.
“According to preliminary information, as deputies attempted to detain the driver, the subject fled the scene, striking multiple deputies,” Colome said in an email to Local 10 News. “A pursuit ensued and concluded near the Florida Turnpike and SW 40 Street.”
An arrest report identifies the driver of the white 2024 Hyundai Sonata as Ryelee Mason Emery-Gonzalez, 18, of Miami, who was recognized by deputies at the scene of the initial traffic stop as a suspect wanted in connection with a previous “fleeing and eluding incident.”
Deputies said multiple orders were given to Emery-Gonzalez to get out of the vehicle, but he refused to comply.
According to the report, two deputies reached through the driver’s side window in an attempt to remove Emery-Gonzalez from the car, at which time he accelerated forward, striking the two deputies in their arms with the vehicle.
Another deputy who was reaching into the passenger side jumped backward to avoid being hit, the report stated.
According to the report, Emery-Gonzalez fled the scene and was observed by deputies “speeding, failing to stop at multiple red lights and driving on the opposite side of traffic.”
Deputies said Emery-Gonzalez eventually lost control of the car and crashed into a guardrail in the northbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike at the Southwest 40th Street exit.
He then jumped out of the car and tried to run away, but was apprehended by deputies, the report stated.
Deputies said he continued to resist by tensing his arms and refusing to place his hands behind his back.
He was eventually taken into custody after a brief struggle, authorities said.
According to the report, a green plastic bag containing suspected THC gummies and two green boxes containing suspected THC vape pens were found inside the car.
Emery-Gonzalez was arrested on charges of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, fleeing and eluding police, possession of a controlled substance, and resisting an officer without violence.
According to deputies, another teen, Dangelo Infante, 15, who was in the backseat of the car was also arrested for allegedly resisting deputies by tensing his arms and refusing to place his hands behind his back as they were trying to detain him during the investigation.
His arrest report states that a pink vape pen, believed to contain THC, was found in his pants pocket. Two boxes containing suspected THC vape pens were also found inside a backpack in the back seat next to where he was sitting, authorities said.
Infante was arrested on charges of possession of a controlled substance and resisting an officer without violence.
Colome confirmed that the two deputies who were struck by the vehicle sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
No other injuries were reported.
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